Triple

T11257163
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roper v. Simmons E266467 entity
Predicate respondent P2238 FINISHED
Object Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is an American man whose death sentence as a juvenile offender led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.
E914620 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Christopher Simmons | Statement: [Roper v. Simmons, respondent, Christopher Simmons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Simmons
Context triple: [Roper v. Simmons, respondent, Christopher Simmons]
  • A. Jeremy Simmons
    Jeremy Simmons is a film editor known for his work on the cult club-scene drama "Party Monster."
  • B. John Simmons
    John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
  • C. John Simmons
    John Simmons was an American statesman who represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • D. Michael T. Simmons
    Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
  • E. Michael Simmons
    Michael Simmons is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Christopher Simmons
Triple: [Roper v. Simmons, respondent, Christopher Simmons]
Generated description
Christopher Simmons is an American man whose death sentence as a juvenile offender led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Simmons
Target entity description: Christopher Simmons is an American man whose death sentence as a juvenile offender led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, which abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.
  • A. Jeremy Simmons
    Jeremy Simmons is a film editor known for his work on the cult club-scene drama "Party Monster."
  • B. John Simmons
    John Simmons was a 19th-century American clothing manufacturer and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of Simmons University in Boston.
  • C. John Simmons
    John Simmons was an American statesman who represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • D. Michael T. Simmons
    Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
  • E. Michael Simmons
    Michael Simmons is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, business, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d6aac7953c8190b82caf9d7640fdf9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e935b85c819085e1abf2dd4099c5 completed April 9, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4cca0d25c8190bfdbe1f6ee3b04cb completed April 19, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4d9ec9964819084bd7118e49c41a2 completed April 19, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4ddab4ef48190ab7f371da765c6c0 completed April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.